Star unleashes as âremorseless monsterâ Rosamund Pike is at her best in I Care A Lot when she fully embraces the delicious villainy of a remorseless monster.
Movies by Wenlei Ma Rosamund Pike unleashed is the best kind of Rosamund Pike. Her steely but mischievous eyes tell you immediately that she s up to no good and that you re going to get to go along for the ride. We saw it in
Gone Girl and it s on display here in
I Care A Lot, in which her character Marla Grayson is less of a psychopath but just as amoral. Marla is a professional legal guardian, appointed by courts to look after the interests of people who can t look after themselves and have no one in their lives to take on the responsibility.
Subscribe Nomadland Frances McDormand, David Strathairn; directed by Chloé Zhao (Available in select theaters and streaming platforms)
Winner of Golden Lion at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, writer-director Chloé Zhao s Nomadland explores the true-to-life experiences of itinerant Americans over 60 years old who have chosen to embrace a life of mobility following the economic collapse of 2008.
Based on Jessica Bruder s 2017 nonfiction book, the neo-Western road drama captures the quintessentially restless American spirit through the eyes of Fern (Frances McDormand), a 61-year-old recent widow who embarks on a road trip to pursue a vagabond life after her small hometown has been dissolved.
On her journey, from the Badlands of South Dakota to the Nevada desert to the Pacific Northwest, Fern gains a new colorful life through the friendships she develops with fellow modern-day, van-traveling nomads.
I Care A Lot, could just as easily slot into
Gone Girl – such are the similarities between the two films: they both star Rosamund Pike on tremendous form, they both have her playing a scorned woman, and they both make us watch as her complex plan quickly unravels.
Pike plays Marla Grayson – an unforgiving con woman making a small fortune by convincing judges to appoint her as the legal guardian to elderly people who, according to Marla, cannot take care of themselves. This is a lie, of course – and she quietly pockets as much of the OAPs’ money as possible while the scam lasts. Eventually, she runs into trouble when her latest target, the seemingly sweet-natured Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest), proves more switched on than the rest.